For REAL NEWS ... GET INFORMED! TODAY at San Javier Murcia Airport, Spain LOW Cost Ads! --- THE Newspaper for the COSTA CALIDA --- FREE Ad. Design Service! Home Contact Local News Worldwide Amusing Stories Classifieds Clubs/Societies Emergency & Useful Numbers Horoscope Pharmacy Rotas To the EDITOR Advertising Rates, etc. Newspaper Subscription Mail Direct to the Editor WORLD NEWS    Israeli raid on Gaza aid flotilla broke law - UN probe    Bentley issues US recall over 'Flying B' badge fault    Fossils of new species of horned dinos found in Utah    Two alleged kidnappers lynched in northern Mexico Amusing Stories Israeli raid on Gaza aid flotilla broke law - UN probe: The raid on the Mavi Marmara resulted in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists Israel's military broke international laws during a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a UN Human Rights Council investigation says. Its report said the action by commandos, which left nine dead, was "disproportionate" and "betrayed an unacceptable level of brutality". It said there was clear evidence to support prosecutions against Israel for "wilful killing". Israel rejected the report as "biased" and "one-sided." It insists its soldiers acted in self-defence during the 31 May raid. Nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists were killed and many others injured after Israeli commandoes boarded the six-ship convoy as it tried to breach an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The convoy's passengers were detained and later deported by Israel. There was widespread international criticism of Israel's actions, which severely strained relations with its long-time Muslim ally, Turkey. In a 56-page report, the UN panel of three international lawyers said: "There is clear evidence to support prosecutions of the following crimes within the terms of article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: wilful killing; torture or inhuman treatment; wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health". The Convention is an international treaty governing the protection of civilians in times of war. The UN fact-finding mission also said the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory was "unlawful" because of a humanitarian crisis there. The panel had interviewed more than 100 witnesses in Britain, Jordan, Switzerland Turkey, but not in Israel. Before the report was released, Israel dismissed the Human Rights Council as being biased, politicised and extremist. After the findings were published, it said the report was "as biased and as one-sided as the body that has produced it". "Israel... is of the opinion that the flotilla incident is amply and sufficiently investigated as it is," said the Israeli foreign ministry in a statement. "All additional dealing with this issue is superfluous and unproductive." The Israeli government has begun its own independent inquiry into the flotilla raid, the Turkel Commission. It has two foreign observers, but critics say its remit is too narrow. There is also a separate UN inquiry - ordered by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - into the raid. Israel has said it will co-operate with the investigation. Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY Bentley issues US recall over 'Flying B' badge fault: Bentley, the luxury British car maker, is to recall almost 600 vehicles in the United States because of a fault with the iconic "Flying B" bonnet ornament. The winged statue is designed to retract if the car crashes but may fail when rusty, the recall notice said. "This could increase the risk of injury to a pedestrian in the event of a crash," said the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall affects the Arnage, Azure and Brooklands models, from 2007-2009. For some Bentley fans, the "Flying B" is the car's crowning glory, says the BBC's Bethany Bell in Washington. But there are fears that in the event of a crash, pedestrians could become impaled by the statue, our correspondent writes. Bentley said it took the step to recall the cars after a dealer in Britain spotted the problem. But the company said it was "not aware of any accidents or injuries" involving the famous statue, our correspondent adds Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY Fossils of new species of horned dinos found in Utah: Scientists have unearthed two new species of giant plant-eating horned dinosaurs in southern Utah, US. The creatures lived on the "lost continent" of Laramidia in the Late Cretaceous period, some 68 to 99 million years ago. Laramidia was formed when a shallow sea flooded part of what is now North America and separated the eastern from the western parts. The findings were published in the journal PLoS ONE. The newly found dinos lived in the subtropical swampy environment about 100km from the seaway that split the ancient continent in two. They were close relatives of the dinosaur Triceratops, and belonged to the family known as ceratopsians. "Ceratops" means "horned face" in Greek. Although both species had a number of horns on their heads, the bigger one, dubbed Utahceratops gettyi, had a particularly large horn over the nose. Mark Lowen, one of the authors of the study, said that the dinosaur resembled "a giant rhino with a ridiculously supersized head". The second animal was named Kosmoceratops richardsoni and with a total of 15 horns on its head, it is the most ornate-headed dinosaur discovered to date. Not only did it have a horn over its nose and a horn atop each eye, but also one at the tip of each cheek bone, and ten across the rear margin of the bony frill. "Kosmoceratops is one of the most amazing animals known, with a huge skull decorated with an assortment of bony bells and whistles," said Scott Sampson from the Utah Museum of Natural History, the study's lead author. The scientist explained that despite a possibly horrendous appearance, it is doubtful that these dinosaurs used their horns in self-defence. "Most of these bizarre features would have made lousy weapons to fend off predators," said Dr Sampson. "It's far more likely that they were used to intimidate or do battle with rivals of the same sex, as well as to attract individuals of the opposite sex." The dinosaurs were found in the desert landscape of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), in south-central Utah - a vast tract of land Dr Sampson called "one of the country's last great, largely unexplored dinosaur boneyards". When the Western Interior Seaway, a warm, shallow sea that existed in the Late Cretaceous, flooded what is now North America, the ancient continent got divided into Appalachia and Laramidia. About the size of Australia, Laramidia was a rather small landmass, made up of what is now the US states of Montana, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Alaska, western Texas, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The dinosaurs that lived in Laramidia are among the best known to researchers because of the abundant fossil discoveries that have been made originating from this landmass. Over the past few months, palaeontologists have discovered a number of different species of horned dinosaurs. "The new Utah creatures are the icing on the cake, showing anatomy even more bizarre than typically expected for a group of animals known for its weird skulls," said Andrew Farke of the Raymond Alf museum in Claremont, California, another of the paper's authors. Dr Sampson agreed, adding that now was "an exciting time to be a palaeontologist." "With many new dinosaurs still discovered each year, we can be quite certain that plenty of surprises still await us [in southern Utah]." Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY Two alleged kidnappers lynched in northern Mexico: Two men were lynched after allegedly trying to kidnap a 17-year-old girl in Mexico's northern town of Ascension, prosecutors say. Police freed the teenager and detained three men suspected of involvement in her kidnapping, but locals snatched them and beat them up. The officers said they got the kidnap suspects into their patrol car, but dozens of people blocked their way. Two of the injured suspects reportedly died while still in the patrol car. The men were still alive when they were rescued by police, Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office, told the Associated Press news agency. But other reports said the men were already dead, and that police retrieved their bodies in order to prevent locals from setting them alight. Details of the men's autopsies have not yet been released. The third suspect in the kidnapping is in custody in Ciudad Juarez, 170km (105m) north-east of Ascension. A number of suspects in the lynching have also been arrested. Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY AMUSING STORIES . . . For the FULL INFORMER Experience, take out a Newspaper Subscription ... you'll be amazed!